Pipe-holder



L. E. FERGUSON.

PIPE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. H, 1921.

L384L955, Patented July 12, 1921,

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PIPE HOLDER.

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PIPE-HOLDER.

Application filed 'March 11, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoRNn E. FERGUSON, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Parkland, in the county of Macleod and Province ofAlberta, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPipe-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a construction which will be used for holdingpipes while removing a pump from a well or while piping the well afterdrilling. In fact the same construction may be used in lowering pipe orraising the same where couplings have to be made or disassembled.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensiveconstruction which will grip the pipe and hold it.

l Vith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

Figure l is a side view of my invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of myinvention, Fig. 3 is a side view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is an end view,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of one of the jaws, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the holding means for one of the jaws,

Fig. 7 shows a modified form.

Referring to the drawings like numerals designate like parts in thevarious drawings.

7 indicates a base having an opening 8. 9 are side members formed ofangle irons suitably riveted to the base 7 leaving a section between theupward portions in which the hereinafter mentioned jaws are adapted tobe hingedly mounted.

At one end the upward extended portions of the side members 9 areprovided with oppositely positioned openings to receive a bolt 10, whileat the opposite end they are provided with angular positioned slots 11in which av pin 12 is adapted to be positioned. This pin 12 is providedwith a short length of chain 14 which attaches it to the side of one ofthe sides 9, so that this, when removed will not get lost.

15 indicates a set of jaws, each having one end bent as at 16 to fitaround either the bolt 10 or the pin 12. The opposite end of eachSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 112, 1921. Serial N o. i 51,53 i.

of the jaws 15 is bifurcated as at 17 and its outer side is providedwith outwardly eX tending lugs 18, which lugs prohibit the falling ofthe jaw in between the sides 9. The inner face of the bifurcated endsmay be serrated as at 19, so as to provide a full gri ping surfacethere. The jaws may be any desired length-but will always be sufficientso that their inner ends extend inside the circumference of the opening8 when the lugs 18 are resting on the upper side of the sides 9.

The holder will be fitted over the end of the pipe a0 and to assist inthis fitting, it will be seen that the jaw hinged on the pin 12 may eremoved. The jaws, being longer than the horizontal distance between theside of the pipe and the pin or bolt, will have their inner ends jammedagainst the pipe and thus hold it in a desired position against outwardmovement.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction of my inventionwill be clearly understood, and, therefore, a more extended explanationhas been omitted.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

l. A pipe holder consisting of a plate, an opening in said plate toreceive a pipe therethrough, side members for said plate, a set of jawshingedly mounted in said side members and having their inner endsextending inwardly inside the circumference of said opening and saidinner ends being provided with gripping means for holding said pipe, thepivot of one of said jaws being removably supported.

2. A pipe holder consisting of a plate provided with an opening toreceive a pipe thercthrough, side members suitably attached to saidplate, jaws hingedly mounted between said side members and having theirinner ends adapted to grip said pipe, the pivot of one of said jawsbeing mounted in angularly-positioned slots.

3. A pipe holder consisting of a plate, an opening in said plate toreceive a pipe therethrough, side members attached to said. plate, apair of jaws hinged at their outer ends in said side members, the innerends of said jaws being adapted to grip said pipe,the free ends of saidjaws having outwardly extended lugs to prevent said free ends of saidjaws from dropping between said side members when not being used.

4;. A pipe holder consisting of a plate, an

opening in said plate to receive a pipe therethrough, side membersattached to said plate, a pair of jaws hinged at their outer ends insaid side members, the inner ends of said 5 jaws being adapted to gripsaid pipe, the

jaws being removably mounted in said side 10 members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

I LORNE E. FERGUSON.

WVitnesses E. C. WEBSTER, E. E. LIWILLS.

